September 2010
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Zodiac Suite
Mary Lou Williams
After an intense year of being completely molested by lo-fi-glo-wave-surf-chill-rock. I said “ENOUGH! of this shenanigans.” ”Grant me some music of not ‘over’, but respectable-saturation. Lead, these ears beyond the realms of the ever grim genre chasms” but my plea was unheard and so i was stricken down with a mighty illness which...
July 2010
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El Guincho - ‘Bombay’
Gorilla Vs....
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I feel a little spaced out.
Person 1: Hey there, have you heard of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes?
Person 2: Yer, didn’t they use one of their songs on a McDonald’s adverts?
——END CONVERSATION——
So they may have let A Minha Menina slip a couple of times into ads (PROOF), but Os Mutantes are the most important rock band of Brazilian history. Their 1968 debut set a benchmark for...
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Chrometrails
Vanilla
Hyper Gradient Symphony by Vanilla
The completely overlooked ‘Chrometrails’ album by Vanilla. There’s a whole lot of info on the chrometrails tumblr if you want the in depth process behind the album.
Everyone on here is fighting their case for the album of the summer. This is my stab. Vanilla states his influences pretty clearly, and it can be heard no doubt....
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Not only do The Furries encapsulate the sound of the summer (as mentioned yesterday), but Dr John and his gumbo sure do have a good crack at it too.
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Sea Oleena
Sea Oleena
I was made aware of Sea Oleena this morning and I think she is just wonderful. Her self-titled album is a rich collection of beautifully performed songs, with layers of tender vocals and a gentle ambience. The variation in style between the songs allows the album to work as a whole very well, with songs like “Swimming Story” and “Asleep at the Wheel” being catchy...
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Listen To The Books' New Album At NPR →
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Watchyvynyl:
Animal Collective - ‘Lion In A Coma’
This fan video is simply bonkers. I love it. Flash animation by Ori Toor.
life-aquatic:
Ori Toor: ‘My final project at the Shenkar School of Engineering and Design - Illustration department. A stream of consciousness video for the song “Lion in a Coma” by Animal Collective. Frame by frame animation in flash’
(via headunderwater)
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Say Mayday just posted this mixtape put together...
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Watchmvmvmv:
Solar Bears - ‘Crystalline (Leatherette Remix)’
One of my favourite tracks on Bibio’s EP/Mini-LP/Remix Album/Whatever last year, was Leatherette’s hazy remix of ‘Lover’s Carvings’.
This reworking of Solar Bears is very much in the same laid-back hip hop vein. Perfect for post-office chillout. (as in, after office work, I’m not a...
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Evenings - ‘Babe’
Another chilled out jam full of cut up guitars, this time from Evenings.
The percussion and slap bass stabs kinda remind me of Cornelius (speaking of which, where has that guy gone?).
I do wonder when this current trend of all music videos being made from unrelated archive footage is going to end. But hey, it’s about the music, and if it sounds good (which this...
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WatchRangers - ‘Deerfield Village’
Taken from the ‘Suburban Tours’ LP on Old English Spelling Bee, this track and ‘Moaners’ have been on constant loop in my head for the last two weeks, also every time i watch this video i have a sudden urge to play Lylat Wars (Starfox 64).
There’s very little of this band available digitally, and their records have already...
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Swung From The Branches
Foxes In Fiction
This debut album from Foxes In Fiction (Warren Hildebrand) has just been reissued by Moodgadget Records (it was previously only available on a self-released cassette), and it’s lovely stuff.
The first few tracks gently welcome and absorb you into a blissed out state, with waves of sustained guitar chords and tape hiss. It’s not until the 5th track, ‘Coffee...
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Mount Wittenberg Orca
Dirty Projectors + Bjork
Since Dave Longstreth recruited the talents of Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle, each Dirty Projectors release has become increasly focussed on intricate vocal harmonies. The girls were introduced in ‘Rise Above’ as an accompaniment to Longstreth, but with last year’s ‘Bitte Orca’, they were pushed to the forefront of the...
June 2010
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Hello
This is a place for things to listen to, things to watch, as well as some things to read.
They won’t always be new (in fact it’s quite likely they’ll be super old in blog years), but they’ll always be something that resonates with me and inspires me to create.
There won’t be any ratings, or hatings, just my thoughts on music I love.
I hope you find something here...